"We talk about reducing the stigma of this disease — yet we've treated a visitor living with it as a threat. We lead the world when it comes to helping stem the AIDS pandemic — yet we are one of only a dozen countries that still bar people from HIV from entering our own country. If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it."

Before this decision, the US joined a less-than-impressive list of countries that banned HIV-positive outsiders. The list still includes: Armenia, Colombia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sudan, and Yemen. Considering there are already Americans living with HIV/AIDS, it served little purpose to "quarantine" the country. I'm happy to see that our HIV/AIDS prevention strategies will no longer include an ineffective and discriminatory ban.

people who discriminate on others should burn in hell...i can't believe there was an actual ban!

5 years

I think its good that we are no longer discriminating against people who are HIV+, however, I think we should make sure they are educated on how to prevent the spread of it before we allow them in the country. All we really need to do is have them take a seminar and a test at the end. Many people may be coming from countries where there is little education on the disease.